OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad

MEDIAArchive

AUTHORSouthern Peninsula Rescue Squad

COLLECTIONNepean Historical Society

REG NO.5785

HISTORY

Items held in Rescue Squad HQ at Sorrento Helicopter Pad which could not be easily accomodated in new HQ at Blairgowrie Yacht Club

DESCRIPTION

Two boxes of original Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad records. Box 1 : Documents. Box 2 Photos.
Box 1:
1. Document headed 'Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad' describing organisation. Copy of fax dated 08.11.99. 1 A4 page. Laminated.
2. Vanilla folder with correspondence and other documents some dated 1999 and some 2005.
3. Manilla folder with submission to the Premier and Government of Victoria ... for assistanc ein purchasing a search and rescur / community service helicopter 24/7/1988. 21p. plus appendices and letter to Premier. Copies. A4
4. Pamphlet '40 Year Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad Anniversary stories 1967-2007'. Sorrento, Southern Peninsula Rescue, 2007. 15p. Squad
5. Press cuttings (i) 'Speaking from experience' John Sonneveld 'Heli News' August 2007 3p. (ii) Peninsula Journal Weekender 9/6/2005 Includes 'Rescue remedy' pp. 1,8, & 9(iii) 'Herald 1. Docucment headed 'Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad' describing organisation. Copy of fax dated 08.11.99. 1 A4 page. Laminated.p. 42, 71 'Ghost town'
6. Helicopter purchase. Insurance documents & correspondence 1981 - 1933
7. Press cuttings re helicopter including 'Southern Peninsula News' 1991 - 2010. In manilla folder
8. Helicopter replacement correspondence and other documents 1991 - 1994
9. Submission from the Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad Inc. for Assistance in Purchasing a Community Service / Sorrento Rescue Squad Helicopter. 10 p. + Appendices. 7th December 1988?
10. Minutes of general meetings, correspondence and other documents 1991 -1 1996
11. Scrapbook with newspaper articles, appreciation certificates & thank you letters

Box 2:
1. 3 albums of photos. 2 albums from Carey Baptist Grammar School with letters, poems and photos of their September 1977 Sorrento Camp and fund raising bikeathon. 1 Album with photos of helicopter. 1. Loose photos of rescue helicopter and boat: 9 packs of 4x 6 inch colour photos, 1 pack of 3 11.5 x 6 inch panorama photos

SUBJECTS

Helicopters, Motor Boats, Rescue Vehicles, Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad

KEYWORDS

Helicopters, Motor Boats, Rescue Vehicles, Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad